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🚨ELIMINATED: The Hamas terrorist Ahmad Abdul Nasser Mahmoud was permanently neutralized by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip.

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This photograph shows two German infantrymen caught in the middle of an attack on open farmland. One is lying flat with his rifle ready, and the other is twisted on his side with his arm raised, about to throw a stick grenade. The men have not been identified, and the exact date and location are not firmly documented. Even so, the photograph is one of the most recognizable images of German infantry in the war, because the pose is so clear. Photographs like this were often taken by Wehrmacht propaganda company photographers, and the black-and-white original is also widely seen in colorized form.

The grenade is the Stielhandgranate 24, nicknamed the "potato masher" by Allied troops. German soldiers also called it the Kartoffelstampfer and the Türklopfer, or "doorknocker." It had a wooden handle and a cylindrical head, and a pull cord in the base started a delay fuse of about five seconds. The design came from the stick grenades the German Army introduced in 1915, and it was later improved with a fragmentation sleeve and replaced by a new model in 1943. It k*lled by blast rather than fragmentation, with a lethal radius of about 15 meters.

The long handle was the whole point of the design. It gave the thrower leverage, so the grenade could be thrown farther than its burst radius, and advancing soldiers could use it in the open without hurting themselves. Each man usually carried two or three, tucked into his belt or boots, and some carried extra grenades in sandbags tied in pairs around the neck. The pose in the photograph shows the technique well. The thrower had to rise up and swing his arm fully, which is why he is exposed above the ground, while his partner keeps the enemy's heads down with rifle fire.

That teamwork reflects German infantry training. Unlike British or French soldiers, every German soldier was trained in grenade throwing, so ordinary riflemen could deal with an enemy who got close without waiting for specialists. Dedicated grenade squads came in only if the riflemen failed. As a result, a rifleman and a grenade thrower working together was a standard method of attack. The picture is famous because it shows this routine action very clearly, and because it does so without identifying the men. They stand for the ordinary infantry soldiers who did most of the fighting.

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🚨ELIMINATED: The Hamas terrorist Hazem Hussein Al-Amour was permanently neutralized by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip.

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🚨"Mom! I killed 10 Jews with my own hands! Put Dad on the phone!"

The Hamas terrorist Mahmoud Mahadi Afana, who reportedly murdered 10 Jews, including 3 newborn babies, by roasting them in a microwave, was eliminated by the IDF while he was hiding in a mosque!

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Marine Staff Sergeant A. S. Barnacle shaving at a washstand that is half-submerged following heavy Okinawa monsoon rains on the 28 May 1945 in Okinawa, Japan.

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